As with the last post on introducing a new game to the gaming group there’s also the prospect of introducing a new gamer to the gaming table. As ever there are things that you should and shouldn’t do. New Player – Established “Static” GroupShould do – If this is a...
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Introducing A New Game
Introducing a new game into a group something that I’ve done a fair amount over the years, after all I do like to buy games so unless I’m happy for them to sit on the shelves unplayed I am going to introduce them eventually. Is there a set way to...
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- 24/09/2013
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Conventions: What do you want?
I can’t really speak to what makes a good gaming convention as I’ve only attended 3 different named conventions. One of those conventions I’ve attended on multiple occasions although it has changed a bit each time I’ve gone. I know why I attend conventions but that’s not the purpose of...
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- 23/09/2013
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Have you got a license for that?
Licensing of popular TV shows, movies and books has been fairly common place throughout the hobby for as long as I can remember. In my post on MERP I only covered the RPG licensing of the setting for The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings. Currently Middle Earth can...
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- 22/09/2013
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YARRR!
So today is the 19th September which means that it’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day. Why is this relevant to tabletop games? Well in reality it’s not but why ignore such a prestigious event when it can be turned into a blog post about Pirates in games? Pirates are...
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- 19/09/2013
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Newfangled Nonsense…
RPGs come in a vast array of flavours. Setting is one way of splitting up the flavour of RPG but the split I’m talking about here is more on the ruleset. I’m going to be very general about the terms I use here largely down to my blasé approach to...
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- 18/09/2013
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Future Proofed Hobby?
In the past few years the hobby has gone through a number of changes. Some games/formats have gone.WoWTCG is probably the most notable although to be fair this had been coming for a while. Some games/formats have shrunk and awaiting some sort of relaunch.There’s a perception in some parts of...
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- 16/09/2013
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Clubs / Societies and Community
As I said in my recent post about Game Time I attend a club on a Friday night to play games. In a conversation with a friend about the post we got onto the topic of me organising a club or something a bit more local to me to see...
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Expansions are a big part of the hobby. For every board, card, role and war game that’s published there’s likely an expansion that goes along with it. Not a 100% situation obviously but it’s likely counter-balanced by some games which have multiple expansions. So what does an expansion bring to...
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I’ve referred to this in a previous post about RPGs as that style of play choice which exists between a campaign and the “one and done” scenario. What makes that choice for you and what are the reasons to choose one over another? Campaign PlayThis exists in a number of...
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